
Nicola Smith
Reporter and Presenter at BBC
Politics Reporter at The Nightly
Covering politics, with one eye on the Indo-Pacific for @thenightlyau. Previously in 🇰🇷, 🇹🇼, 🇮🇳 for Telegraph/Sunday Times. [email protected]
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2 days ago |
thenightly.com.au | Nicola Smith
Israel and Iran have welcomed US President Donald Trump’s declaration that the 12-day war between them is “over”, according to their envoys in Canberra. In separate interviews with The Nightly on Thursday, Israeli Ambassador Amir Maimon and Iranian Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi both said their countries were open to a diplomatic solution to resolve the conflict over Iran’s nuclear program.
NICOLA SMITH: Bold Opposition Leader delivers pledges and hard truths. All that waits now is answers
3 days ago |
thenightly.com.au | Nicola Smith
Newly elected Opposition Leader Sussan Ley on Wednesday promised a radical overhaul for a Coalition that took a drubbing in May’s Federal election, but she stopped short of committing to the bold steps needed to achieve her goal. Her ability to transform discerning messages into meaningful action will determine her own and her party’s success or failure at the next national poll.
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3 days ago |
thenightly.com.au | Nicola Smith
Australia had the sixth highest number of unvaccinated children among high-income countries in 2023, according to alarming new data released on Wednesday. While the United States had 166,306 “zero-dose” children in the same year, in percentage terms, Australia’s 92.9 per cent coverage lagged behind the American 95.4 per cent, the UK’s 94.2 per cent, and was only marginally ahead of neighbouring New Zealand’s 92.5 per cent.
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4 days ago |
thenightly.com.au | Nicola Smith
China has outwardly denounced the United States’ strikes in Iran as a “dangerous precedent” but Beijing’s strategists will be gauging the implications of tectonic shifts in the Middle East for their own future military calculations in Asia.
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5 days ago |
thenightly.com.au | Nicola Smith
The seismic events reshaping the Middle East have unleashed many unknowns for an anxious Australian public, and Anthony Albanese on Monday was short on answers to reassure them.
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